Noapara metro station and depot

Station

Layout

Depot

Connections

References

External links

History

Bus

Auto

Route map
	Chord link Line
	to Dankuni
	Eastern Line
	to Ranaghat
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	← to Howrah Maidan
	to Teghoria →
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	Sealdah South
	to Sealdah
	Sealdah South
	to Namkhana
	Eastern Line
	to Sealdah
	Kavi
	Subhash
	Eastern Line
	to Hasnabad
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon

Noapara

নোয়াপাড়া
Noapara; নোয়াপাড়া
	A Blue Line CRRC Dalian rake at the interchange platform of Noapara metro station
General information
Location	A.K Mukherjee Road, Noapara, Baranagar ; North 24 Parganas, West Bengal 700090; India
Coordinates	22°38′23″N 88°23′38″E / 22.639673°N 88.393978°E
System	Kolkata Metro
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Lines	Blue Line ; Yellow Line ;
Platforms	4 (2 side platforms; 1 island platform)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Operational
Station code	KNAP
History
Opened	Blue Line : 10 July 2013; Yellow Line : 25 August 2025;
Services
Route map
Route map
	Chord link Line
	to Dankuni
	Eastern Line
	to Ranaghat
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	← to Howrah Maidan
	to Teghoria →
	Circular Line &
	Sealdah South
	Sealdah South
	to Sealdah
	Sealdah South
	to Namkhana
	Eastern Line
	to Sealdah
	Kavi
	Subhash
	Eastern Line
	to Hasnabad
	Eastern Line
	to Bongaon
Location
Location

Noapara is the largest elevated metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Noapara, Baranagar, West Bengal, India.^[1] It opened on 10 July 2013.^[2] The station is an interchange where it hosts Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro till Jai Hind via Dum Dum Cantonment.^[3]^[4]

This interchange station includes two side and an island platform with lengths of 182 meters, unlike other Kolkata Metro stations.^[5] It serves the localities of Noapara, Tobin Road and Bonhooghly. The station has 2 stories, with 6 escalators and 4 elevators. There are also 31 CCTV cameras for increased security.^[6] The Metro Railway, Kolkata owns a 147 acres (59 ha) depot for maintenance and storage of rakes immediate east of the station.^[7] This elevated metro station for the serves both Blue Line and Yellow Line of Kolkata Metro, the latter being opened on 22 August 2025 as a part of Noapara–Jai Hind extension.^[8]^[9]

Noapara track layout

Station with two tracks, one island and one side platforms

L2	Side platform, Doors will open on the left
	Platform 4	Train towards Jai Hind (Dum Dum Cantonment) →
	Platform 3	← Alighting only
	Island platform, Doors will open on the left
	cross-platform interchange
	Platform 2	Train towards Shahid Khudiram (Dum Dum) →
	Platform 1	← Train towards Dakshineswar (Baranagar)
	Side platform, Doors will open on the left
L1	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, metro card vending machines, crossover
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

This is the oldest and biggest metro depot in India. It serves the Blue Line and Yellow Line. This depot can hold maximum 40 rakes at a time. Newly received rakes are also tested here, and the old ones are kept here. The depot is connected to the Kolkata Chord line, so that newly manufactured rakes can directly be brought via train.

It was opened in 1984. Before that, it was a Railway yard and a track extended till Texmaco Rail & Engineering manufacturing unit.

Bus route number 34C serves the station.^[10]

Autos are available towards Dunlop via Bon-Hooghly, Tobin Road, Mathkal via Promodnagar Bazar.

^ Gupta, Jayanta (21 November 2012). "March 2013 date for Noapara Metro". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ "Milestone". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ "Next week, PM to launch 3 Metro stations; Noapara to get direct airport link". The Indian Express. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.
^ "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
^ Gupta, Jayanta (25 May 2013). "Noapara metro opening expected by month's end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ Banerjee, Tamaghna (11 March 2013). "Noapara Metro from April". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ Chakroborty, Ajanta (25 December 2012). "From April, fly to Naoapara from Garia in 54 mins flat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ "'Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week'". The Times of India. 12 August 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
^ "3 new stretches of Kolkata metro likely to open by August end". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
^ "Bus Services".

P4 to Dum Dum Cantonment

P3 to Train Terminates Here

P2 to Dum Dum

P1 to Baranagar Pink Line

Kolkata/Baranagar travel guide from Wikivoyage
Old official Website for Blue Line
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
"Noapara metro station" (Map). Google Maps.

[1] Gupta, Jayanta (21 November 2012). "March 2013 date for Noapara Metro". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 4 September 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[2] "Milestone". mtp.indianrailways.gov.in. Retrieved 17 May 2020.

[3] "Next week, PM to launch 3 Metro stations; Noapara to get direct airport link". The Indian Express. 15 August 2025. Retrieved 15 August 2025.

[4] "Kolkata's Yellow Line Opens Doors To Culture, History, And Connectivity". outlooktraveller. 22 August 2025. Retrieved 25 August 2025.

[5] Gupta, Jayanta (25 May 2013). "Noapara metro opening expected by month's end". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[6] Banerjee, Tamaghna (11 March 2013). "Noapara Metro from April". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 May 2013.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[7] Chakroborty, Ajanta (25 December 2012). "From April, fly to Naoapara from Garia in 54 mins flat". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 December 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[8] "'Efforts on to open 3 new metro lines next week'". The Times of India. 12 August 2025. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

[9] "3 new stretches of Kolkata metro likely to open by August end". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 14 August 2025.

[10] "Bus Services".

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